The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-02
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Standardization, from committee
on constitutional amendments, re-
ported iavorably bill to prohibit for
cigners from voting simply on declara-
ton o! citizenship.
Claiborne, from joint special CON-
mittce, reported bill apDropriating
$4,000 for building porticos, furnish
ing and purchasing ground contiguous
10 the new capitol.
Senator Jarvis, from the finance
committee, reported favorably house
deficiency bill and unfavorably bill
equalizing taxation.
Bills and resolutions were intro
duced
Frank: Joint resolutions amending
the constitution so as TO make rail
roads public highways, and railway
companies common carriers and giving
the legislature power TO regulate the
same.
Claiborne: Bill creating the county
Of Calder out of portions OF Calves
ton. Harris and BraZoria counties.
Consideration of the Mcdonald land
bill was resumed: and were adopted.
An amendment making interest pay
able June LIST each year: providing that
sell no timber at less than So per acre;
any appropriation of land by any
fence or line riding an Enclosure; max
ing Imprisonment, upon conviction.
imperative; limiting the term of i'm
prisonmcnt to two years. Discussion
deferred.
Senate took action upon house con-
current resolution rroviding for a
committee Of inspection Of the State
University. Adopted, and Bell, Tc'-
rell and Upshaw appointed on part of
senate.
Substitute senate bill No. 81, regu-
lating partition or adjoining fences,
and providing penalty Tor violation OF
the acts provision, was taken up and
passed to engrossment. Adjournedto
SPIN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.: Bill by Mr..
Burgess, authorizing counties to issue
bridge bonds, passed to third reading.
Bill by Mr.. Bell, making legislative
records State achieves, thus giving
them the character of court evidence,
passed to third reading.
The Mcdonald land bill came up
and an amendment by Mr.. Fields, in
Guiding any damages that may be as
sessed in the judgment against illegal
land Enclosure, was adopted.
The Willis matter was made the
special order for Tuesday morning at
IL O'Clock.
An amendment by Mr.. Frank, pro-
viding that for each three miles oil
fencing around leased school, univer-
sity and asylum lands there should be
at least one gate, and that cattle in
transit might be driven through at
ratio of one cent per head for cattle
and horses and onc-halfccnt for sheep,
was adopted.
HoUsE-House bill defining a lawful
fence came up as unfinished business
and was under discussion, which SEEM
cd 10 convince the house there was a
barbed wire scheme in il and the bill
was tabled.
Petitions were presented.
Shields introduced a bill to require
railway companies to re-survey and
establish lines and corners OF school
and asylum lands located by such COM
panies and to require forfeiture of the
+ .ilwav alternate sections unless the
lines and corners are established with
in four years.
Also a bill TO define unlawful inclo.
sures.
Bill to define duties of live stock
dealers.
IIudgins 49, Concurrent resolution
providing for visiting committee of
the University. Adopted.
The senate bill providing that the
statute of limitation shall not run
against cities, towns or counties. and
in favor of persons occupying streets
alleys, sidewalks or roads, passed with
out amendment.
The senate railroad strikers bill
passed by a vote of as to IA.
House bill TO provide for auditing
ana paying ancient school teachers
claims passed TO engrossment.
Senate bill TO punish unlawful con-
version of personal property by bor-
rover, hircr or bailee the same as theft,
passed to third reading.
Senate bill making il misdemeaner |
10 use violent or abusive language cal
.ulated TO provoke a breach of the
peacc, passed TO third reading.
senate bill requiring the Supreme
,ourt and Court of Appeals TO file and
.ccept statement of facts. etc. not
fled within the time provided by law,
when the party interested makes af-
Iilavit showing that the failure is not
ine 10 his action, passed TO third rcad-
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